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A Collection of Five Victorian Albumen Print Cartes de Visite by G. Gibson and Son, W. Parker, T. White, and J. Caloe and Son - A collection of five Victorian-era albumen print cartes de visite on card mounts, featuring individual studio portraits of two men and three women in period attire. The first card depicts a man in a three-piece suit and bears the printed mark G. Gibson and Son at 8 Peck Lane, Nottingham on both the front and reverse. The second, a profile portrait of a woman, features a decorative banner on the reverse with the transcribed characters W. Parker, Hertford St, Coventry. The third card shows a woman leaning on a chair and is marked T. White, Lewisham on the front, with the reverse stating The Lewisham Studio, T. White, Photographer, and the address 133, High St. Lewisham, S.E. The final two cards are on black card mounts and show a woman and a man; the former is marked J. Caloe and Son and the latter J. Caloe and Sons, with both indicating the location Basford and Bulwell. These items are unframed and represent typical commercial studio portraiture of the mid-to-late 19th century.